Sankalp Reddy

Sankalp Reddy
Sankalp Reddy in Cinivaram, Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad in 2017.
Born	(1984-10-20) 20 October 1984 (age 40) Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Alma mater	CVR College of Engineering
Occupation(s)	Director, writer
Years active	2014 – present
Spouse	Keerthi Reddy
Children	2

Sankalp Reddy (born October 20, 1984) is an Indian film director, and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. ^[1] He made his directorial debut with the Pan-Indian war film Ghazi (2017) which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. Reddy later directed science fiction film Antariksham 9000 KMPH (2018).

Early life

Sankalp Reddy was born and brought up in Hyderabad. He graduated from CVR College of Engineering and moved to Australia for his MBA at Griffith University, Brisbane. He later dropped out after a semester and joined Griffith Film School, a top creative arts school in Australia, for pursuing MFA in film direction. ^{[2] [ additional citation(s) needed ]}

Career

Reddy researched about submarines about a year and decided to make a film on submarine. Later, he wrote a book titled The Blue Fish to keep the copyrights to make a film with himself. It later marked his feature film debut with Ghazi (2017). ^[3] The film is inspired by true events from the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. ^{[4] [5]}

The submarine war film is an underwater tale of the courage and patriotism of the men aboard the Indian Submarine, INS Karanj (S21), which destroyed the Pakistani PNS Ghazi when it ventured into Indian waters to destroy INS Vikrant on the shore of R. K. Beach in Visakhapatnam. ^{[6] [7]} Ghazi was screened at the Jagran Film Festival, ^[8] and garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu at the 65th National Film Awards 2018. ^{[9] [10]}

In 2018, Reddy directed the space thriller film Antariksham 9000 KMPH , starring Varun Tej. Though it was praised for its attempt to introduce a new genre in Telugu cinema, it ended up as a commercial failure. ^{[11] [12]}

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Language	Note
2017	Ghazi	Telugu Hindi
2018	Antariksham 9000 KMPH	Telugu
2021	Pitta Kathalu	Telugu	Segment: "Pinky"
2023	IB71	Hindi	[13]

Awards

Reddy (right) receiving the National Film Award

Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Ghazi	65th National Film Awards	Best Feature Film - Telugu	Won	[14]
	65th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Nominated	[15]
	7th SIIMA Awards	Best Director (Telugu)	Nominated	[16]
		Best Debut Director	Nominated
	16th Santosham Film Awards	Best Director	Won

References

1. "Varun Tej looks out of this world". 16 August 2018.
2. "India's first submarine warfare movie is coming from Hyderabad & Visakhapatnam". Deccan Chronicle. 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
3. "India's first submarine warfare movie is coming from Hyderabad & Visakhapatnam". 21 December 2014.
4. "Director Sankalp Reddy to do a science fiction film". 17 May 2017.
5. Ganguly, Nivedita (17 February 2017). "The making of a war story". The Hindu– via www.thehindu.com.
6. "Visakhapatnam: Sunk Pakistani submarine Ghazi is an enigma". Deccan Chronicle .
7. ScoopWhoop (11 January 2017). "The Ghazi Attack: An Indo-Pak War So Deep Underwater That It Never Surfaced In History".
8. "10 Films You Shouldn't Miss At The Jagran Film Festival". insider.in.
9. "65th National Film Awards" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
10. "65th National Film Awards LIVE: Sridevi Posthumously Awarded Best Actress; Vinod Khanna Honoured With Dada Saheb Phalke Award". News 18. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
11. "Antariksham 9000 KMPH Teaser: A promising & thrilling space-adventure on the cards". The Times of India . 17 October 2018.
12. "Varun Tej's space-thriller Antariksham 9000 KMPH wraps up its shoot". The Times of India . October 2018.
13. "Sankalp Reddy film with Vidyut Jammwal titled 'IB 71' kick starts its shoot". The Times of india. 14 January 2022.
14. "National Awards 2018: Ghazi gets best movie, Baahubali 2 wins 3 honors". International Business Times. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
15. "Nominations for the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". Filmfare . 4 June 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
16. "SIIMA Awards 2018 - Telugu, Kannada nomination list out: Date, place of 7th edition revealed". International Business Times. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

External links

• Sankalp Reddy at IMDb